Skip to content

Uncle Fishbits

Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame

Tag: skepticism

  • Home
  • skepticism
  • Uncategorized

You’re not going to see me talking about the intersection of Buddhism, suffering, the human condition, meaning and purpose, and the notion of a broader concept of leisure. NO SIR NOT AT ALL.

So we’ve all been totally fine during the pandemic, right? ha… In my case, i’ve gone through about 3 distinct intellectual ringers of annihilation and rebirth (funny enough, a post about that film (more…)

Posted on 3 March, 202125 March, 2021 By Uncle Fishbits
  • futurism
  • philosophy
  • politics
  • science

Detecting Baloney – the need for development of critical thought & honing our collective faculties….

The Economist is asking why people believe in nonsense. Well I will tell you:   Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, and others have known it for years: We need to teach critical thought to young people, (more…)

Posted on 8 April, 201310 April, 2014 By Uncle Fishbits
  • Beautiful &/or Wonderful
  • futurism
  • philosophy
  • politics
  • science

Bertrand Russell’s 1959 message to the future

Posted on 12 August, 201110 April, 2014 By Uncle Fishbits
  • Beautiful &/or Wonderful
  • philosophy
  • politics
  • science
  • words

Atheists, Agnostics know more about religion than the religious

But it’s also a lack of belief, in this case. It’s impossible to explain, which is why I default to humanism when talking about this, because it’s so much nicer to explain that with a hug.

Posted on 28 September, 201010 April, 2014 By Uncle Fishbits
  • philosophy
  • science
  • social media

Debunkers sift the net – The power of myths; the credulousness of humanity

Belief is a powerful force… it makes people argue the illogical aspect of Santa while believing in an afterlife, or scoffing at fairies and leprechauns while believing in magical, floating space pixies (more…)

Posted on 5 April, 201010 April, 2014 By Uncle Fishbits
  • Uncategorized

XKCD makes people happy.

I will tell you..I’m about to. So I was wearing that “Science: it works bitches!” Tshirt tonight at the gym”.  It’s funny, but true.  The back is a graph of the results from the COBE mission. From (more…)

Posted on 27 January, 201010 April, 2014 By Uncle Fishbits
  • Uncategorized

Atheism as faith is to Baffled as Perculosis

I really get bugged when people start talking about atheism as a belief system or faith. It’s like people don’t want to think deeply about a concept at all. Not all concepts… just this one. They are (more…)

Posted on 8 November, 200910 April, 2014 By Uncle Fishbits
  • Uncategorized

SCIENCE IS BACK BITCHES!!!!!!! Obama’s Humanist Agenda!!!!! (Plus Pelosi’s SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE!!!!)

Mark my words – today was one of the most important days in the history of science, humanism, and non belief in regards to politics and science’s “rightful place” in our society. It was truly momentous. ——– Reprint (more…)

Posted on 20 January, 200910 April, 2014 By Uncle Fishbits
  • Uncategorized

Agnosticism

Atheism is such an absolute lack of faith.  I never had religion to lose, nor can I shake my lack of faith. But agnosticism, as a wise man recently told me (while musing that we are leaves of some (more…)

Posted on 12 January, 200910 April, 2014 By Uncle Fishbits
  • Uncategorized

Santa killed God, Agnostic Atheism, and bittersweet mortality

I think I am agnostic as of late. “Agnostic Atheist” to be precise…. But it still means I am moving on that grand scale of belief systems. At the age of 6 or 7 when I figured out Santa, I simply (more…)

Posted on 29 December, 200810 April, 2014 By Uncle Fishbits

Posts navigation

Older

Recent Posts

  • Sus Anal Bum Party, Analrapist, and 11 unintentionally funny website URLs
  • Alan Watts’ Trust the Universe, Baudrillard’s Simulacrum, Eckhart Tolle’s Joy Ease & Light, BBC’s Adam Curtis & Hypernormalisation, and stepping back into the really real world
  • Owning in lieu of subscription fatigue: physical media is on the rise
  • A manufactured overlay to make reality seem simpler: Epstein Files vs the BBC documentary Hypernormalisation
  • Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame Live 105 KITS Legendary Radio Station Induction & SF Sketchfest Alex Bennett and friends!

Categories

Archives

Copyright © 2026 Uncle Fishbits All Rights Reserved | BlogSlog Pro by Theme Palace